Bob Schwartz

30 Rock (2006-2013) is an all-time great TV comedy series. Created by Tina Fey, it combines non-stop absurd jokes and characters with sharp points about American society, culture and entertainment.

In the episode Idiots Are People Two (2012), Tracy Jordan (Tracy Morgan), star of the TV show-within-the-show, is found to have performed an offensive stand-up bit. People protest Tracy and the show.

When his boss Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) calls him an idiot, he organizes a protest of the network.

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Tracy: Which is why I’m going to do exactly what they did and organize a protest of this network.

Liz: A protest? By whom?

Tracy: By idiots!

A protest crowd gathers in front of NBC headquarters. Tracy addresses them.

Tracy: The so-called idiot community will not be silenced.

Liz: For God’s sake, Tracy.

Tracy: We are legion. We are America. Frat guys, DJs, loud-mouthed old bitches, investment bankers, the tramp-stamped, parrot-heads, anti-vaccination crusaders, and people who won’t shut up about scuba diving. And now celebrity spokesperson, actress Denise Richards.

Denise: That’s right. I’m an idiot. Surprised? Well, I am. For all intensil purposes.

Tracy: Our community is mobilized now, L.L. And we’re not leaving until we’re heard. You can’t ignore us, Liz Lemon. We will be out here every day, misremembering movie quotes. Because as Braveheart said, “you can take our freedom, unless you take our lives.”

Liz and her boss Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin) meet.

Jack: I would, however, like to ask you why Tracy is outside cursing this network on a megaphone.

Liz: It’s a good one, Jack. Tracy has organized a protest of NBC by his fellow idiots.

Jack: He what? No, no, no, no, no. We need idiots. You certainly need idiots. Who do you think is watching your show?

Liz: Funky taste-makers?

Jack: Black nerds, Jet Blue passengers who fall asleep with the TV on, pets whose owners have died, and, uh, idiots.

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